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Short stories Common Core SL.4.1 resources
Determine Theme - Identify Theme Literature - Plot Development - Greek Mythology
Determine Theme in Literature - Identify Theme - Find Theme - Develop Plot with the integration of Greek Mythology Stories.Includes: - Plot Development Printouts and Tasks - Literary Theme Printouts and Tasks - Ticket out the door - Foldables - Annotation Coding - Anchor Charts for Plot Line and Determining Theme - Pre-writing graphic organizers - Teacher Samples - Assessment - 4 Greek Mythology Passages - 7 detailed lessonsFor other purchase options, check out our other Greek Mythology Units
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4th - 6th
Halloween Reading Activity-Make Inferences to Solve the Mystery!
Trick or treat your students into learning during the Halloween season this year with a fun and engaging mystery! Students will think deeply, make inferences and have a blast! This product includes guiding questions, conversation roles, and a conversation guide to promote authentic discussion. Story Synopsis: It's Halloween, and that means costumes and candy and tricks! But at this year's Halloween party a costume goes missing along with the candy, leaving Tommy to sort out the tricks.This produ
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Analyze Author's Craft-A Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
This fun, engaging fantasy story has a plot twist that will catch your students off guard! Help them use that surprise to analyze the author's craft and improve their reading comprehension. Story Synopsis: Garlok encounters a mystery when he finds a "Dragon Wanted" notice posted in the forest. Who out there would be seeking his amazing skills?Want more Garlok? Click here for the Garlok Characterization BUNDLE and save 19% on each story!This product is sold as a PDF file which includes: - Title P
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3rd - 5th
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Hansel and Gretel DRAMA UNIT (5 x 60 min lessons) NO PREP!
Primary School students explore the story of Hansel and Gretel through guided drama activities. NO PREP REQUIRED! This curriculum aligned primary drama unit has 5 x 60 minute detailed lesson plans with extension and differentiation activities. A perfect and engaging way to explore a well loved story. INCLUDES:- 5 x 60 Minute Detailed Lesson Plans based on Hansel and Gretel- Scene Starter Cards- Additional and Extension ActivitiesKEY VOCABULARY: Movement. Freeze. Voice. Characters. Putting yourse
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1st - 4th
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Character and Plot-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension-MEGA BUNDLE
Deepen your students' reading comprehension with TEN different stories featuring ten skills in Garlok the Terrible's fun fantasy world! There's nothing like good characters and interesting plot lines to generate authentic interest and conversation! Help your students practice describing characters and setting, comparing and contrasting characters, analyzing characters, making predictions, expanding vocabulary, exploring plot twist, elements of plot, character motivation, character traits, and le
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3rd - 5th
Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
There's nothing like fun mysteries to generate authentic inferences and conversation! Help your students practice making inferences, speaking and listening skills, observing text clues, using background knowledge and critical thinking in ELEVEN unique mysteries with detective Tommy True. This bundle also includes a making inferences mini-lesson for use with an interactive notebook.This bundle includes:A making inferences mini-lesson for interactive notebooks11 “Tales of Tommy True” short mystery
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3rd - 5th
How the Setting Affects the Plot-Author's Craft in a Short Fantasy Story
How does the setting of a story affect the plot? Help your students cement their understanding of both setting and plot in fantasy world where anything is possible! This fun short will engage your students and also help them generate authentic student-to-student conversation with the included guiding questions, conversation roles, and a student response page. Story Synopsis: Breya is set to give a demonstration in the supposedly haunted room seventeen. She pays the stories no mind, but when thin
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences-A Mystery for Reading Comprehension
This 5-page mystery story is a great way to promote making inferences through close reading, as students practice re-reading the text to find text clues and draw conclusions! Differing opinions promote authentic conversation and included conversation roles and questions help students with the speaking and listening standards. Synopsis: It's boiling hot, and two of Tommy's friends are out selling lemonade. When their lemonade stand is robbed, it's up to Tommy to catch the thief. This product wor
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Analyzing Characters in a Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
Generate rigorous discussion with a character that could fit multiple categories. Is Garlok a protagonist or antagonist, a hero or villain? The story includes guiding questions, conversation roles and a conversation guide to help students with authentic collaboration. Story Synopsis: Garlok’s tallest tower is his pride and joy, but it’s been empty for years. What happens when he finds himself with a handful of uninvited guests? This product is sold as a PDF File which includes: - Title Page- 2-p
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3rd - 5th
Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
Help your students recognize and analyze author's craft with five different short stories in Breya's fun fantasy world! There's nothing like good characters and interesting plot lines to generate authentic interest and conversation! Help your students recognize the craft of showing, not telling, foreshadowing, using description, planting problems and growing solutions, and analyzing how the setting affects the plot. This bundle also includes conversation guides, discussion questions, and student
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3rd - 5th
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Analyze Text Clues and Make Inferences-A Mystery for Reading Comprehension
Invite your students to come alongside Tommy True as he tries to solve a mystery! They will be making inferences, analyzing text clues, and using background knowledge without even realizing it! Conversation roles and guiding questions are included to promote authentic conversation. Synopsis: Tommy attends Megan's birthday party only to learn that not everyone attending is really her friend. When the birthday finale is sabotaged, Tommy steps in to put the pieces together.This product works well w
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Short Story Unit Miss Awful
Need the perfect short story unit for back to school with your upper elementary or middle school students? "Miss Awful" by Arthur Cavanaugh is a great way to get students critically thinking about the importance of school and their role as a student - all while reviewing key literary analysis skills! This resource comes with a variety of activities (including instructions for differentiating) to practice multiple reading skills. It also includes a writing prompt on the theme (rubric too!). This
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4th - 7th
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Making Inferences-Connecting Text Clues in a Short Mystery
Have fun making inferences with this engaging, short mystery! Students will practice observing and connecting text clues to find the solution! This product also includes guiding questions, conversation roles and a conversation guide to help generate authentic discussion. Story Synopsis: When the new girl at school is accused of being a bully, Tommy steps in to clear her name.This product works well with our Making Inferences Mini-Lesson (designed for interactive notebooks). This product is sold
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
McBroom and the Big Wind Story Activities
McBroom and the Big Wind by Sid Fleischman makes students laugh out loud. Students identify hyperbole and the elements of a tall tale while reading McBroom and the Big Wind. As a culminating activity, students can create their own tall tale and publish it in a DIY pop-up book.
All or some of the materials can be used depending on the age of your students. I use this story with 4th graders, but it could be adapted for younger students.
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Common Core Standards (4th grade)
Discu
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Tall Tales Lesson Plans Bundle
A Short Mystery to Generate Authentic Conversation and Making Inferences
Generate authentic conversation and promote close reading with this short, mystery story designed to help students make inferences. They will observe text clues, draw from background knowledge to make inferences, and discuss their findings with each other! This product includes guiding questions, conversation roles, and a conversation guide to help direct student interaction.Synopsis: One of Tommy's friends finds mysterious bones buried in the forest, and all the neighborhood kids are eager to k
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
CHICKEN SUNDAY by Patricia Polacco - Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add to their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. Perfect for:Literature CirclesBook ClubsGuided ReadingComprehension CheckSpeaking and Listening SkillsFormative Assess
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2nd - 4th
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RL.4 Drama Bundle- RL.4.1, RL.4.2, & RL.4.3
#1 RL.4.1 Drawing Inferences with Text Evidence from Scenes of Dramas#2 RL.4.2 Drama- Find Theme of Text- Summarize Text- from Scenes of Drama#3 RL.4.3 Drama- Describe in Depth a Character, Setting, or Event in a Drama #1 RL.4.1 Description5 Dramas created from 5 Aesop Fables. Each drama includes 4th grade vocabulary, humor, and creativity. Each drama is three pages long, each page consisting of mostly dialogue between characters. 3 RL.4.1 Graphic Organizers included for teacher discretion and
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4th
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JOHNNY APPLESEED Steven Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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Metacognition-Active Thinking in a Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
Teach students to tune in to their own thinking as they read! This delightful fantasy story provides a wonderful opportunity for questioning, making predictions, and changing one's thinking based on evidence in the text. Generate authentic student-to-student conversation with included guiding questions, conversation roles, and student response pages. Story Synopsis: Garlok prepares for a march against his mountain fortress, but circumstances aren't what they first appear.Want more Garlok? Click
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3rd - 5th
Problem and Solution-Author's Craft in a Short Fantasy Story
Students often struggle to know how to write strong problems and solutions in their own stories. This short fantasy story will help them take a deep dive into how good authors plant problems and grow solutions in stories. Students will analyze author's craft in an engaging, fantasy world where anything is possible! Materials include guiding questions and conversation roles to generate authentic student-to-student conversation, and a student response page. Story Synopsis: Breya, an apprentice lea
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
RUMPELSTILTSKIN Paul O. Zelinsky * Discussion Cards (Answers Included)
19 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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2nd - 4th
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MIKE FINK Steven Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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SWAMP ANGEL Anne Isaacs * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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PECOS BILL Steven Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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